Posts Tagged ‘Tsunami’

Strong Quake Shakes Indonesia

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

Tsunami alert lifted.

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Strong Quake Shakes Indonesia

Japan to Shut Down Nuke Plants

Saturday, January 7th, 2012

After last year’s crisis after the tsunami.

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Japan to Shut Down Nuke Plants

VIDEO: Footage emerges of ‘tsunami girl’

Saturday, December 24th, 2011

Footage has emerged of an Indonesian girl who her family says has been reunited with her parents seven years after she was swept away in the 2004 tsunami.

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VIDEO: Footage emerges of ‘tsunami girl’

Japan declares Fukushima stable

Friday, December 16th, 2011

Japan’s prime minister says the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant has finally been stabilised, nine months after the earthquake and tsunami.

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Japan declares Fukushima stable

Japan’s Huge Nuclear Cleanup Makes Returning Home a Goal

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

Japan is planning a monumental and unprecedented cleanup at the tsunami-ravaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in the hope that the displaced can go home.

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Japan’s Huge Nuclear Cleanup Makes Returning Home a Goal

Simulation shows deeper meltdown at tsunami-hit Japan nuclear reactor than previously thought

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

TOKYO — Radioactive debris from melted fuel rods may have seeped deeper into the floor of a Japan’s tsunami-hit nuclear reactor than previously thought, to within a foot from breaching the crucial steel barrier, a new simulation showed Wednesday. The findings will not change the ongoing efforts to stabilize the reactors more than eight months after the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant was disabled, but they harshly depict the meltdowns that occurred and conditions within the reactors, which will be off-limits for years. Read full article > >

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Simulation shows deeper meltdown at tsunami-hit Japan nuclear reactor than previously thought

Obesity ‘tsunami’ warning for NI

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

Northern Ireland is facing a “tsunami” of obesity-related diseases which the health service will struggle to cope with, a doctor who runs a weight clinic warns.

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Obesity ‘tsunami’ warning for NI

In pictures: Tsunami recovery from the air

Friday, November 18th, 2011

Eight months on from the earthquake and tsunami

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In pictures: Tsunami recovery from the air

In pictures: Tsunami recovery from the air

Friday, November 18th, 2011

Eight months on from the earthquake and tsunami

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In pictures: Tsunami recovery from the air

Economy in Japan Shows Signs of Strength

Monday, November 14th, 2011

The increase was the first in four quarters, showing a recovery from the March earthquake and tsunami.

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Economy in Japan Shows Signs of Strength

VIDEO: Tsunami victim trying to go home

Sunday, November 13th, 2011

One tsunami victim still trying to go home in Japan

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VIDEO: Tsunami victim trying to go home

The Lede: Sights and Sounds on the Grounds of a Nuclear Disaster

Saturday, November 12th, 2011

Reporters touring the Japanese nuclear facility damaged by a March tsunami see the damage and the extensive work performed over the past eight months.

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The Lede: Sights and Sounds on the Grounds of a Nuclear Disaster

Japan Revives Kamaishi Breakwater That Crumpled in Tsunami

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

The story behind the breakwater in Kamaishi suggests that the old model of cozy ties between government and industry is driving much of the post-tsunami reconstruction.

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Japan Revives Kamaishi Breakwater That Crumpled in Tsunami

Quake Hits Off Japan Coast

Friday, September 16th, 2011

No tsunami warning issued.

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Quake Hits Off Japan Coast

Quake Hits Off Japan Coast

Friday, September 16th, 2011

No tsunami warning issued.

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Quake Hits Off Japan Coast